Prairie Paper & Ink

Bella Wedding Card

For those that are curious - my day working at the other salon yesterday went well! I was EXHAUSTED though - working 8 hours with nearly 2 hours of commuting is something I am glad I won't have to do very often (and I know some people do that every day - and even MORE - and I don't know how they do it! I love living in a small town - my "commute" is like 5 minutes LOL!) but it was cool to get out and work with other people for a change! Since yesterday was my first day we'll see how it all goes in the future....

Anywho I was commissioned to make a card not too long ago for a friend that wanted a "funky wedding card" - as in not the traditional type.

I knew immediately I wanted to use my hitchedandfellabella image - then it took a little brainstorming for what I could do to make it "non-traditional" - well this is what I came up with:

 
I used my new Basic Grey Origins stufffor the card - definitely not something one would prolly "go-to" for Wedding themed projects but I thought it turned out pretty cute!!

I stamped the hitchedandfellabella onto white cardstock(Memento Ink) and colored them in with Copics.

Since I was matching them up the the colors in the Origins papers I added a slight tint of green to her dress using really pale colors, and colored his tux brown instead of black.

While I was coloring I wasn't sure if it was all going to work out but once the image was finished I was happy with the end result!

And of course I HAD to add some *bling* - so I dotted a bunch of Crystal Stickles onto her dress and her little tiara and veil - so sparkly!

I die-cut the image with one of the Labels 4 dies, and punched a hole with my MM Ribbon Slot punch to make room for the textured ribbon. 

 

There are no reds in the Origins papers but after coloring the Bella's roses red I decided to pull in a bit of red to make the whole card work.

So I grabbed a couple of Primas from my stash and attached them with one of the Origins Stitched brads.

I then stamped the sentiment (from the Love Sentiments set) onto a piece of red cardstock and die cut it with one of the Label Trio dies. 

 

Finally on the inside of the card I added more patterned paper and a piece of white cardstock that I cut with the Labels 4 die.

I then stamped another sentiment from the Love Sentiments setonto red cardstock and this time cut it out with a Double End Tag die.

Normally I wouldn't add brads to the INSIDE of a card as it just makes it even more bulky.

However I didn't want to just leave it as is b/c it looked funny with the holes exposed on either side of the sentiment.

AND since this was commissioned and I assume it's being hand-delivered I added the brads and I likes it! *grin*

That's it for today! And I *think* this card also qualifies for this week's Bellariffic Friday challenge (it might not b/c I used a non-Stamping Bella sentiment). I've been wanting to play along with those challenges ever since the beginning but with my work schedule I can rarely get cards done during the week and submitted in time! So if this one works for it then YAY - and if not I'll just hafta do another challenge LOL :o) 

Bunny Hansel

Well I am proud to say I have the last load of laundry in the dryer right now - dreaded Saturday wasn't as bad as it usually is (which I will definitely give credit to Tim for - he helped out a lot with the cleaning and organizing this weekend!).

I am also proud to say that not only did I squeeze in a little stamping time tonight but that I also finished a card in that time - so yay me LOL!

Here's what I made:

 
Isn't he the cutest little thing you've ever SEEN???? I got both this Bunny Hansel and the Spring Birgitta images in the mail a couple of weeks ago and when I was going through my stamps tonight I saw this one and HAD to use it.

I stamped him onto CCD White cardstock with Memento ink then colored him in with Copic markers.

I used a couple of Spica glitter pens on the ears and on his wings but there was no way I could pick up the sparkle on camera - it's already subtle to begin with and when you try to take pics at night it just don't work!

I also added some clear glaze to the paint on the brush but you can't see that either :o(

I trimmed around the image with scissors - if you haven't seen it you can check out my video on trimming out images here.

I used my labels 9 dies to cut out the patterned paper (more from the MME Quite Contrary line that I picked up at my LSS a few weeks ago) and adhered the image to that.

Rather than come up with a new layout I followed my latest Friday sketch and used that for the layout of the card (part of the reason I was able to get the card done tonight - I didn't have to waste time coming up with a layout!).

The sentiment is from my Spring Sentiments set - it was made to go with all the Sugarplums Spring Kids images - but obviously you can use it for pretty much anything :o)

Anywho I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of cardstock and cut it out with the smallest of the labels 9 dies (I FINALLY got to use the teeniest die! Some of them are SO small - but using them to cut out a small sentiment or word generally works!) then attached it with a dimensional.

I finished off the inside of the card with more pieces of the MME patterned paper and I cut out a piece of white cardstock with a scalloped rectangle nestability die and that was it!

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I need to get my laundry finished now so I can get to bed!

Tomorrow I'm driving to Kindersley (nearly an hour away) to work at a salon there for the day. I'll be doing my teeth whitening and gel nails and some sugaring (body hair removal) there and we'll see how it goes! The plan is for me to go out there on Mondays every couple of weeks or so (as I don't work Mondays at my salon).

So that's just another thing I'm up to - it should be interesting!

Sketch Sample for March 26/10

Happy Weekend everyone!!

Today is dreaded Saturday for me. Honestly I detest Saturdays!!

After working all week Saturdays tend to be my "wind down" days - but I also have a TON of housework and other things to catch up on (so I need to get this post done FAST b/c I have a good half dozen or more loads of laundry that need to get done ASAP!) and when I start housecleaning I get grouchy - and when I get grouchy everything starts to go wrong - and then it all snowballs from there (and yes I've tried other things and tried NOT to get grouchy - but housecleaning just does that to me! If I could afford it I would have a maid in a heartbeat!!).

SO - before I get on to the housework *grumble* - here's a card I made for the Sketch I posted yesterday (hopefully some of you will play along with it - I'd love to see what you come up with!):

 
This was another bella image that I had colored a while ago (I showed the sheet of colored images in this post).

My plan was to use each bella with theAC I Heart You papers that I had bought (again a while ago!) since I colored them all to match (and that way I will actually USE the papers and ribbons and whatnot!).

You can check out the first Bella card I finished HERE <-----click!

I stamped cupcakeabella onto CCD White cardstock (Memento Tuxedo Black ink) and colored her in with Copic markers.

I then cut out the image with one of my circle nestabilities dies and matted that with a scalloped circle cut from one of the patterned papers (I just flipped one of them over and used the solid side).

The 'hey cupcake!' sentiment is from myBirthday Sentiments set (rather fitting I thought...)

I actually made the card first then created the sketch from there.

On the inside of the card I added more of the patterned papers, then stamped another sentiment from the Birthday Sentiments set and punched it out with one of SU!'s punches (I really need to label those punches as I can rarely remember the proper names for them!).

I'm off to work on the mountain of laundry (if I'm never heard from again it's 'cuz I got buried under all of it *wink*).

Friday Sketch! (Mar 26/10)

*post 2 for tonight - you can scroll down to check out the other one :o)*

Yes you aren't seeing things - I ACTUALLY am posting a Friday Sketch!!

Granted it's LATE Friday Sketch but it's still a sketch!!

At the moment I can't promise that I will post them regularily from now on - but I will sure try! I miss them (and I know some of you missed them too!) and missed seeing what you guys came up with when you participated - so for now here's a new sketch to try and let's all keep our fingers crossed that I can keep this up!

So without further adeiu here's the sketch:

PLEASE READ!:

If you have never participated in the Friday Sketch before (or if you have and it's been MONTHS since I've posted one and you're forgot - trust me I did too!) please check out this link as it's got all the info you need to know!

Friday Sketch Master Info <-----click!

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AmyR's Friday Sketch! Participants

1. AmyR 2. Erica J-W 3. AmyR - second sample 4. MACKENZIE - "Midnight Scramper"

5. Chantelle 6. Krystal/skdeleeuw 7. Kimberly O'Rosky 8. Luz Martinez

9. Angela P. 10. Sylva Lamson 11. Michelle McDaniel 12. Donna MacDonald

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I just got an e-mail letting me know that one of my storage ideas (for scrap paper) was featured on the Crafty Storage blog - so I thought I'd direct y'all to that post:

Scrap Paper Storage

The Crafty Storage is a neat blog!! I've never heard of it before (since I opened my salon I rarely if ever have time to blog hop/surf - so I miss out on cool places like this! I'm definitely adding this one to my Google Reader though - storage/organization is another one of my loves - along with shoes, and stamps, and the color purple (used to be pink - and still sometimes is - but for several months now I've been obsessed with all things purple......)) but it looks like a neat blog to read!

So basically if someone were to ever give me a gift that stored things, was purple, and fit shoes inside (and if shoes were IN IT.....)they would have my undying love and devotion.....ROFLOL!!!!!!

And in case you're new to my blog you can check out all my storage/organization related posts here:

Organization/Storage/Studio

Long Weekend Update with Pics

**This is TOTALLY non-stamping related FYI!! Just thought I'd share since 99% of my readers are women and at least some of y'all might enjoy this post LOL!!**

OK here are just a couple of pics of just SOME of the cool things I bought this weekend.

First off I got a bunch of cheap jewellery from Forever 21 and Aldo (I LOVE Forever 21 for it's cheap accessories - I don't care for the clothing - I find it TOO cheap and haven't yet seen anything that I would actually wear - but love all the rings and other goodies!):

 
Those big flowers are all rings - and they're huge - and I love them LOL. They were all like $7 each or less!!

That blingy butterfly is a little hair clip - mom found it in one of the bins at Forever 21 and I had to have it since she doesn't wear things like that in her hair. I couldn't resist :o)

The necklace and set of three little earrings are also from Forever 21 - I paid less than $5 for the earrings, and the necklace was like $6 I think?

The Aldo stuff I LOVE - especially the earrings!! I've worn the white pair already (which are my FAVORITE - and you'll see why when you scroll down) and think they are the cutest earrings ever!

Now here's the stuff I was most excited over this weekend:

 
SHOES!!! Fabulous SHOES!!! LOL

I wasn't planning on getting any "fun" shoes - but all 4 pairs were priced so ridiculously low I HAD to get them!!

The white pair is my absolute favorite - I found them in Winners (I NEVER shop at Winners - I never find anything and don't have to time to search for anything. Mom dragged me in there b/c she's a Winners junkie - she's TINY (she's 4 or 5 inches shorter than me and she's like a size 0 so everything fits her and there's always her size left!) - so she always finds designer clothes and shoes for dirt cheap there).

ANYWHO - so I found those white shoes and even though they're technically a size smaller than what I wear they fit - and they are amazing and I had to have them! They have wicked high heels (close to 5" I think?) but are actually pretty comfy (there's a hidden platform under the toe area so that helps)- I dunno I don't have a problem with heels. I actually love wearing heels - the higher the better. I'm already considered pretty tall (I'm 5'8") so I find nothing wrong with making myself even taller LOL!

(can you tell I LOVE shoes?? I could go on and on and on!) - anyway that's why I love those white rose earrings - they match the shoes!!

The black pair I also got at Winners - they're Steve Madden and I got those for a really good price too - and they are COMFY!! I wore them on Saturday to the Expo and had no trouble with them.

The PINK pair are just fun. They're JLo's (I didn't even know she had a shoe line) and I stumbled across them at one of the outlet stores - the bottoms are really slick on them so I'll hafta fix that before I actually wear them (you can either put a strip of duct tape on the bottom of the shoes or put some silicone caulking (letting it dry of course)  on the bottoms to give them some "grip" when you walk - works like a charm. There are actually little adhesive pads you can buy at shoe stores that do the same thing but why buy something when you prolly have either duct tape or caulking (or both!) at home already?).

The best part about the JLo's is that they were originally a $120 pair of shoes and I got them for under $20!!

Finally the last pair is just a cute pair of platforms that mom found at Spring and said I had to buy them b/c #1 they were cute (they have little bows on the back of the straps) and #2 they were on sale and #3 the store was knocking another like 30% off the sale price. So I bought them.

That and I think I had to buy all the crazy shoes so that mom could live vicariously through me. Ever since her foot has healed from her breaking it all those months ago all she can wear is flats. She's not even sure she'll ever be able to wear heels again (which sucks - people think I'M addicted to shoes - if they could only see all of hers - and her feet are 2 sizes smaller than mine so we can't even share - she has TONS of shoes) - so I got all of those. There was no voice of reason between us - we both egged each other on - it was horrible LOL. She did find some really cute pairs of flats though (a good thing flats are so in style lately - you can get so many cute ones) so she was happy and got her shoe fix too LOL!

And yes my husband thinks I'm crazy but he's finally starting to realize that he's just wasting energy when it comes to me and my shoes. He also knows that I'm not dumb enough to pay full price for anything (UNLESS it's something I NEED that has to be good quality and fit properly - like running shoes and the like - but even then I'll try to find them on sale!) AND now that I have a salon to work at I can actually WEAR all the crazy footwear I buy - whereas before when I was a stay-at-home mom all my crazy shoes (that I would hide in the closet underneath everything else *wink*) were pretty much pointless.

But yeah that's it for my goodies. I did get some clothes (got more great deals at the outlets!!) and whatnot but I already put them away so I'm not digging them out to take pics of (besides that would be boring - clothes don't tend to look good unless they're being worn and I'm not in the mood to model anything after working all day......) and a couple of things at IKEA but nothing exciting (not exciting like SHOES anyway!!).

WOW I really do tend to ramble eh??

Have a happy night everyone! I promise I'll post somethin' "stampy" related soon!! *grin*

Long Weekend!

Sorry for the lack of posts (again!).

I was actually away all weekend from Friday 'till Monday.

My mom and I travelled to Edmonton for a tanning expo related to my work at the salon (even though I'm the owner/operator/one woman show at my salon having my mom in the same building helps LOL! I help out at the coffee shop when she needs it and she helps me out when I need it - she was in esthetics for over 10 years before buying the coffee shop so she knows her stuff....)

And of course since both of us never get away we took a 4-day weekend and hit up CrossIron Mills on the way there (that mall is MASSIVE - and we got so many amazing deals!! Some of the outlet stores had unbelievable prices - it was pretty fun!), thenWest Edmonton Mall on Saturday (that was a dumb day to go there - by noon the mall was packed and we didn't have much fun there - it was just way too crowded and that really stresses me out - I don't find shopping fun when I literally have to push my way though a crowd just to get in to a store - and then you get IN the store and it's just as crowded! Blah!!!) and Southgate Center after that (another mall - this one MUCH nicer than WestEd and way less crowded).

Sunday was the Expo - it was an all day thing as we were signed up for a course and had an exam to write at the end of it.

THEN on Monday before we headed home we went to IKEA (of course!). I've been there several times - but Mom has never been. So I had all the fun stuff to show her (for me though I was exhausted - I did a good 20 hours of driving this weekend then all the walking and shopping and the expo and course and exam - I STILL can't think straight!! So I didn't go too nuts at IKEA - I just wanted to go HOME!) - then we headed home.

It was a fun trip. I had hoped to post a few things over the weekend but my 'net access was SUPER-limited - we stayed with my brother-in-law and his wife in their new home - and my laptop was having issues connecting to the 'net at their house and usually by the time I COULD get access to post I was too tired to do it!

SO - I have to work today but I will be back! :o)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

I'm trying to scarf down a sandwich and type up this post at the same time before I run off to work - needless to say it's not going to well LOL!

I had a last-minute cancellation this morning (which normally drives me nuts as I end up being stuck at work and losing time (and money!)) - but today I knew EXACTLY what I was going to do with my free time!

I've had the idea for this card in my head since yesterday - I didn't have a clue that today was St. Patrick's Day - I never remember that kind of stuff. But then a client reminded me, and then later when I was thinking about stamping (when I got off work late last night I WANTED to stamp - but I was too exhausted!) I remembered that I had bought theGoodluckabella image FOREVER ago.

I actually don't know if I've EVER used it before!

Anyway - I had that image in my head, and an A Muse sentiment stamp that I had bought to GO with the bella image - again forever ago - and then my mind started spinning and I remembered I had bought all that Basic Grey Origins papers and brads and whatnot with my latest haul..........

So when I rushed home here's what I created:

 
I stamped the bella onto CCD White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her in with my Copics.

I then cut the image out with one of my petite oval dies, and matted that with a scalloped oval that I cut from one of the Origins papers.

   

The sentimentwas stamped onto another pf the patterned papers in the set then punched out with SU's oval punch before being adhered with dimensionals.

The ribbon is May Arts - I used my MM Ribbon Slot Punch to punch a hole through the main image to thread the ribbon through.

I had THE bestest idea for the Primas - I dug through my stash and attached several in light green and green/yellow hues, and then I took 3 green primas and cut off one of the petals so that they looked more like 4-leaf clovers!!

*hugs self in satisfaction*

I attached them with 3 green brads from the Origins pack and that finished off the card! :o)

I kept the inside of the card super-simple. I REALLY like this one pattern from the Origins pack - I used the one piece on the front of the card and cut down the second piece for the inside of the card.

I didn't want to cover it up and it's light enough to write over so I left it as is.

OK that's it! I finished my sandwich and now I gotta head back to work!

CC Designs - Swiss Pixies Enabler Alert!!

***This is like my 4th post in 2 days!! So make sure to scroll down and check them all out!!***

OK I just quickly wanted to post this before I head to the city with V for our dentist appointments!

AllThatScraps just released a Swiss Pixie Kit!

You can find out all the info about the kit HERE <-----click!

And you can buy the kit (for 50% off retail price!!!) HERE <-----click!

I cannot wait for this kit to arrive!! I *heart* the Swiss Pixie images - they're all so cute!

Gotta run!!

Stamping Bella Enabler Alert!

WooHoo!!

I just found out that you can get 10% off any orders you place at Stamping Bella before March 16th by using the code: spring10

AND there's new stamps - I HAD to get the 2 new Bella's (I am bouncing that there's now a Manicurabellas stamp!!! I have been wanting something like that ever since I started doing nails over 2 years ago :o)) plus a cute little Easter image among other things.

I'll be sure to share what I got when the order arrives! *grin*

Even though today is Tim's birthday I had to get ME a gift (wasn't planning on it 'till I saw the sale code - then I couldn't resist) - good thing I already got him a couple of gifts that I KNOW he will love LOL.

Anywho I have to run - I have a lot to get done today and I cooking supper for us and Tim's parents so we can celebrate. And then tomorrow I'm heading in to the city again with Veronica as we BOTH have dentist appointments :o(

Last but not least thanks for all the nice comments on my two latest videos! Scroll down if you haven't seen them yet!

Nurse Nora - A New Card AND Another Video

**This is the 2nd post today!! Make sure to scroll down and check out the previous post!**

OK I finally got the second video edited and uploaded and all that - this time I filmed me making a card (since I've got quite a few requests for doing something like that since I started posting more videos).

Again I had to edit quite a bit as there's no way I could make a card in under 10 minutes (well I can - it's just REALLY simple LOL).

So here's the video:

 

You can also watch the video on YouTube HERE <------click!

 

And you can check out my earlier post with the video showing how I colored the image HERE <-----click! and on YouTube HERE <------click!

And here's all the links that I mention in the video:

Link to Ribbon Bow and Knot Tying Tutorial Video

Spellbinders Petite Ovals Set

CuttleBug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

MM Ribbon Slot Punch Tool

Confessions of a Ribbon Addict (where I get my sticky stuff)

Black Sugar-coated (ie glittery) Brads

Sentiment on the inside of the card is from my Fresh Flowers stamp set

Copic Coloring VIDEO - Nurse Nora Image

Holy WOW.

It's now nearing suppertime and I've spent ALL DAY (minus the trips up and down the stairs carting laundry, doing dishes, making lunch and all that fun stuff!) editing this video - and one other one that will be up soon.

This was originally nearly 20 minutes long so it took some time to creatively edit it down to under 10 minutes in order to upload it to my YouTube channel without it being a total mess!

Anywho - as you can guess by the title it's another Copic coloring video - I still get a lot of requests for them so I will continue making them when I find the time! It's more the editing (obviously!) that is so time consuming.

Here's the video:

You can also watch it on YouTube HERE <-------click!

And here are the links to the stamp image/cardstock/etc!

Swiss Pixies Nurse Nora Image

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

CCD Copic Quality White Cardstock

And in case you missed them you can check out my playlist of Copic videos on my YouTube channel HERE <------click!

VIDEO - ATS Haul #2

I know - another haul video!

Normally I would space something like these videos apart more - but I seemed to go on a bit of a shopping binge about a month ago! And this last order I placed about 2 1/2 maybe 3 weeks ago? I can't remember. The box arrived last week, I filmed the haul video on the weekend and I just finished editing and uploading it now.

Unlike my other videos if I wait too long to share it then some (or all!) of the goodies might be sold out and then where's the fun in that? I get SO frustrated when I watch a haul video on YouTube - see something that I really like and then go to purchase it (or even just check it out on the site) and I either can't access the site or the item(s) are sold out. (although as I was going through the site to find all the things I had ordered I noticed a fair bit is already on waitlist sorry! I think if you see something you really like you can either add yourself to the waitlist for it on the ATS site or find it on another site??)

That plus the fact that I really enjoy doing these "haul" videos and sharing my new goodies with y'all! I don't have anyone else to gush over new goodies with - so this is the next-best-thing *grin*. And also because generally by the time I get around to USING all this stuff and posting with it it will all prolly be retired/expired/old news LOL!!

Anywho - here's my haul video!:

You can also watch it on YouTube HERE <------click!

And FYI in case you didn't know you can check out my YouTube Channel where all my videos are in one spot:

PrairiePaperandInk YouTube Channel

And of course I have to add the pics:

AND last but not least here's links to all the schtuff I ordered!!

Martha Stewart Punches

Fluffles Stamps

Basic Grey Nook & Pantry

Basic Grey Origins

Cosmo Cricket New Collections 2010

Prima Roses 

CC Designs Color Me Flowers

Prima Tiny Tots

May Arts Textures Ribbon 

May Arts Grosgrain Ribbon       

Comparing the Scor-Pal to the Martha Stewart Scoring Board - VIDEO!

Hello all!! As usual it's been quiet around here lately!! I actually have a LOT to share over the next little while - I filmed 4 new videos - one of which I'm posting today - and made a card so woohoo!!

I just need to find the time to edit said videos and get them uploaded and whatnot! But getting them done feels good! I like knowing that some of the work is already done (filming then uploading to my computer) so that I'm not totally starting from scratch!

Anywho - on to THIS post.

After posting my haul video recently I did get some requests to compare the Scor-Pal to the Martha Stewart Scoring Board - so I did!

I made the video and uploaded it to YouTube so you can check it out here:

You can also watch it on YouTube HERE <-----click!

And here are all the pics I took:

So this one just shows the 2 boards together - and the Scor-Mat as well.

And this one is a close up of how the scoring tools are stored with each board.

This one shows the two scoring tools side by side so y'all can see the size difference.

And then close ups of the score lines on each board.

Another close up showing the envelope tool storage on the back of the MS board.

And then showing the envelope tool on the MS board.

And last but not least here's a Pro's and Con's list for both boards! And I'm not surprised if I forget anything - if I do or if you have any other thoughts to offer feel free to let me know in the comment section!!

Martha Stewart Scoring Board:

Pro's:

-price (29.99 in Canada, 19.99 in the US - cheaper if you use a coupon!)

-score lines every 1/8 inches - virtually eliminating the need to move the paper for any scored line

-the envelope tool - a very cool bonus! - that and the storage on the back of the board for it make it a perfect thing to have (and not lose!)

-really crisp score lines

-includes measurements of common card sizes and boxes

-very lightweight and easy to use

-detailed measurements every 1/8" and clearly marked to each line

Con's:

-flimsy scoring tool (however it's thinness makes for crisper scoring lines - but the tool itself is flimsy!)

-the tray to hold the tool is annoying - and the measurements on the inside of the tray lid are hard to see - you have to get down to the boards level to read them

-you need to be more careful scoring since the lines ARE so close together - it's easy to jump the track and score where you don't want to

-if you don't have a Michaels in your area it may be very difficult to get your hands on this - some online stores may carry it (but might charge extra shipping because of it's size) but then you can't use the usual 40% off Michaels coupon 

Scor-Pal:

Pro's:

-Scoring tool snaps into place at the top of the board - easy to put away and easy to snap out!

- more comfortable to use (for me anyway!) scoring tool

-replacement scoring tools can be purchased for a minimal cost (usually $4 US or so)

-can purchase the Scor-Mat to fit inside the Scor-Pal - enabling one to leave it on your desk and use as a crafting surface

-wide variety of resources/projects and tutorials on the Scor-Pal website - giving many options of use for the Scor-Pal

Con's:

-price (usually 39.99 plus shipping from the Scor-Pal website - other online retailers may offer free shipping etc)

-can only be found online (could be a Pro if you're like me and get nearly all your crafting supplies online!) - or I think through a TAC consultant (I seem to remember TAC started carrying the Scor-Pal some time ago? I am not sure on that though!)

-score lines are only every 1/2 inch and then some extras - so depending on your project you may have to move the cardstock around to get the scored lines where you want them

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I got my Martha Stewart Scoring Board at Michaels in Canada. All That Scraps is now carrying it HERE as well. Plus I'm sure a lot of other online retailers are carrying it.

The Scor-Pal I had bought from the Scor-Pal website (I can't remember what I paid in shipping but I think it was $10 - I wanted it so badly though b/c I had used a friends and LOVED it so I just sucked it up and paid the shipping for the one item!) - however other websites now carry the Scor-Pal and the Scor-Mat - AllThatScraps is one of them. 

I think that's it folks!! If I remember anything that I want to add I'll just edit this post and add onto it (and I'll edit it if any of you have other interesting points that I might have forgotten to add!).   

New AmyR Stamps!!

Woot Woot! All the new March Stamps are up on the AllThatScraps site!!

I was bummed that I didn't make the release party - I had THE worst tension headache most of the day yesterday (the type that just hangs on despite everything you do) and had a nap on the couch rather than sit at the computer (that just makes it worse! :o( ). This was the first release party we've had in a while so I am even more bummed that I missed it!! If you've never been to one you'll have to check it out at the next release - we all just chat (mostly about reality TV shows it seems LOL!) and have fun!!

Anywho - you can check out all the new sets HERE <-----click!

Out of them all I released 2 new sets:

The All Men sentiments set:

And the Spring Sentiments set (meant to go with the Spring Kids stamps but they also are great on their own):